Eating fiber can prevent a number of health issues, and you might need to eat more than you think.
- Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
Whether your holiday table has turkey or Tofurky this year, you’re consuming a combination of proteins, fats and water.
The turkey doesn’t have to be the star this Thanksgiving. Vegetable side dishes are packed with nutrients − depending on how you prepare them, they can help keep you energized this holiday season.
A fetus needs oxygen long before its lungs work and it’s exposed to the air. Some ingenious biochemistry explains how the mother’s blood delivers it.
The elements that make up each column of the periodic table share a set of common traits. Here, a chemist describes group 15 and the crucial role phosphorus, in particular, plays in cancer.
When it snows, it pours – but why do municipalities treat the roads with salt? A chemist explains how salt affects water and ice.
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